live where you live, abc7 news. >> there's always a police presence, pickup and drop-off. >> more than 20 years after a kidnapping, precautions remain in place and a suspect comes back to the bay area in handcuffs. thanks for joining us. >> it's been 22 years since a 9-year-old girl was snatched off the street while walking home from school and soon one of her suspected kidnappers will be in court. >> he is in jail right now. live from hillsboro tonight where changes were made all these years later. >> reporter: south hillsboro school is where she was walking home moments before she was kidnapped. 68-year-old kevin lynn arrived this morning. he had been living in l.a. but brought to the bay area to face

charges. under arrest for the 1995 kidnapping of christine. she was walking hem when he and two other men pulled her into a van. >> it's very scary. unusual thing to happen in this neighborhood. usually very quiet, nothing like that happens. >> reporter: debbie lives next to the house where the choos lived and they tried to extort $800,000 from her businessman father and dropped the ransom plan when they learned her parents weren't even home but in taiwan. they left her. >> they moved soon after the incident, not here very long, a very brief period of time. as an outcome of this there is always a police present now at drop-off and pickup at school from then on. >> lynn is the second to face

charges, the other sentenced a few years ago. they matched his picture to a wanted photo from 1995. he is being held at the jail in redwood city. >> new at 11:00, take a good look. the alameda sheriff's office says 77-year-old roberto ramirez went missing today after going to church and is an at risk patient using a wheelchair. police followed clues of a deadly shooting at a shopping center. the name has not been released. the shooter sped away in a car and no arrests been made. overnight temperatures in some parts of the bay area will drop below freezing and we're hovering at 32 degrees in a few

places right now. melissa harrington joins us where people including yourself braved the cold tonight. >> if you're coming out here, definitely wear a few layers because it is cold. temperatures dropped quickly. it was a sunny day and we're now in the 30s. not only cold the air is unhealthy prompting another spare the air day tomorrow. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot like christmas ♪ >> and it's beginning to get chilly in parts of the walnut area. families bundled up in mittens and hats and tell me they've been scraping ice off their windshields in the morning. >> there was frost on my house and car. very cold. >> i got up and there's ice on the car. you have to wait for it to heat up. >> reporter: we found people doing christmas shopping. >> for me, it's extremely cold.

>> reporter: sandy layered up to see the holiday decorations at broad way plaza. >> i think that's why it's so-called because it hasn't rained. >> reporter: the lack of rain has people worried about the vegetation drought. >> we want it to rain. >> reporter: ordering a fourth consecutive winter spare the air day for monday means it's illegal to build a cozy fire to stay warm. one reason the air is so unhealthyc t unhealthy is the wildfires burning in southern california. >> a look at how exactly cold it will get where you live. drew. >> temperatures in the low 60s and 70s but at night the clear skies cool us off rather rapidly, some spots in the low 20s. you see 64 degrees and move

inland, santa rosa, napa, the numbers drop overnight. for work and school have jacket. freezing inland starting in the 30s under clear skies, not honestly air chill, but the air quality and the fires and winds unfortunately are pushing some smoke into our atmosphere. we will look at the atmosphere and the forecast next, guys. >> thank you very much. firefighters continue to burn in southern california but made significant progress. all but one 75% contained or more. thomas fire is nearly a quarter million acres in size making it the fifth largest hire in history. amy from our sister station in los angeles gives us a closer

look what it's like for the people who live there. >> reporter: the mountainside of their homes lit up with flames, the air thick with smokes. many residents have evacuated the seaside community. others living in fear. >> it's really terrifying the only house i grew up in might gt burned down and i might never see it again. >> reporter: the thomas fire, one of the largest in history continues to go through homes and other structures. structures >> we've been tense for days waiting for it to be here. >> reporter: neighbors saw it burning on the hillside of their homes. >> my mom's house is around the corner and well built so i don't think it would catch fire itself but the trees surrounding it you

worry about. >> reporter: they know how quickly it can change. >> we're still anxious. i don't think it's coming down unless the winds kick up. >> reporter: amy powell for abc7 news. tomorrow is the last day fema to have residents registered. those in certain counties may be eligible for grants that don't have to be repaid. go to abc7news.com for information on how to register. there is optimism today for a possible ongoing strike by oakland city workers in its sixth day. they both agreed a negotiation starting monday. >> reporter: picketing outside oakland's main library branch forced to close along with other

facilities. worker hernandez is >> i was paying my bills and my checking account is going lower and lower. >> the mayor declared an impasse to bargaining points. >> they want to compromise and good sign they want to go to a mediator. i'm very cautious because the city has been talking in bad faith for months. >> reporter: they hit the picket lines over pay and working conditions. mayor libby schaaf says she's hopeful for a resolution. >> we want our workers back at work and want to settle our differences. we deeply respect our workers an want to continue serving the public. >> reporter: both sides are far apart on pay.

the union is asking for two 4% raises the first and second year of the contract. the city agrees to the first raise but says the second must be based on revenue. >> we can't spend money we don't have. >> the mayor has things are looking up right now. >> reporter: the trash is piling on streets because city cleanup crews are off the job. >> if the city starts to bargain in better faith this week we'll review the strike action. >> reporter: abc7 news. still ahead, a story of hopes and dreams several feet under water. >> it may look just like a boat but this means more to the woman who recently bought it. just two days to go before alabama voters pick a new senator which could be republican roy moore or democrat

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new developments on the charter bus where the passengers were sent to the hospital. the guests were headed to palo alto party when the bus flipped just after 8:00 p.m. an online education provider today released a statement expressing gratitude to those who were involved in the

accident and no injuries life threatening. investigation into a body thrown off the sunnydale shoreline. it was named as a software engineer. the medical examiner is looking to see how she died. police looking for a driver who hit a woman in her 60s and took off. the woman was crossing the street and nobody got a good look at the driver. one witness described the car as a dark four door sedan and crime stoppers are offering a reward for finding that suspect. a woman who sunk her life savings into a floating retirement home had to watch it soak into the marina. they're trying to figure out how to keep the fuel from contaminating local waters. >> when i got here my heart

dropped. >> reporter: debbie has only owned this boat about a month. she was away this afternoon when she got an urgent call from the harbor master the boat was taking on water and she needed to get here right away. >> i dropped everything and came here and praying a prayer it would be like an inch of water. >> reporter: instead she found the both half submerged and leaking fuel. she paid $25,000 for it it it it be a weekend diversion but a retirement home. >> this was to be my home because i want to live in the city i love. >> reporter: they tried to keep whatever was leaking from c tcon -- contaminating. >> debbie said she wasn't aware it had any defects or why it sank. here in the bay area where an

even and average home can be from low six to high six figures debbie thought she found a deal. >> it was beautiful hardwood floors, washer dryer, beautiful bathtub. i had friends come and look at it, wow, they didn't think they were on a boat. >> debbie established a gofundme account to help her out. check it out on our website. we need rain and are getting cold and sunshine. >> it has a dry pattern in the week ahead as well. we will see big swings from the night time to daytime temperature. during daylight hours enjoy tons of sunshine. tonight, no issues with precipitation. we're really lacking on ranfall. a quiet one, beautiful shot, see well off in the distance the

tower is blinking. not a tower to be seen from this vantage point. today, a pair of record highs. 70 degrees being the old record in 1958. and half moon bay, old record of 69 in 2012. once the sun goes down it cools off quickly. half moon bay the exception at 64 degrees, keeping half moon bay warmer than the rest of the region. 37 in napa. 47 in san jose. and one of the cool spots at 35 degrees. overnight tonight we have clear skies. temperatures mainly in the 30s like concord and up to napa. even cooler to santa rosa,

falling down to 28. the past six hours we have a stubborn weather pattern with two areas of high pressure. high pressure stops storms from moving into the western half of the country. the problem is we don't have storms we do in the pacific. you can see them swirling well to the north to alaska. it is not changing any time unfortunately. dry skies do prevail. we have a spare the air day, more air quality in the north bay, along the coast, stemming from the workforce in northern california, traveling north in northern california. during spare the air days it's illegal to burn wood and not wanting to put particulates into the atmosphere. once the sun gets up here, it it

does a good job warming us up quickly. and more average in the 60s. mild monday starts off. 66 in san francisco tomorrow afternoon. 71 in san jose. oakland, 65. 69 in napa after the chilly start. spare the air day in effect for your monday. a bright day on tuesday. mild temperatures wednesday with the steady pattern, thursday through friday. slight dip in temperatures and the dry skies continue next week. we have the storms but going well north of us. >> thanks. still ahead, "abc news" at

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seth curry brought santa a little early to some high school students. >> he commended the young men on their hard work and presented each player an under armour basketball shirt. >> and they showed their appreciation by giving him an oakland school district african-american achievement logo. >> talk about underachievement. >> athought you were going say shoe. >> the warriors are special doing stuff like that. the niners have won back-to-back games with

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think the niners may have found their quarterback of the future. jimmy garoppolo, back to back wins, on the road no less. carlos hide casts off a 60-yard drive. 10-3, niners. tom savage the starter for houston, watch his head hit the turf here. he was out and actually played the next drive. coaches finally yanked him, concussion protocol bringing in t.j. yates, two tds, check out the throw to hopkins. 16-13, houston, hopkins, 139

receiving yards. robbie gold tied it. a career high, 3334 yards passing and that td. 26-16, back to back wins. >> you can tell the guys really enjoy it. makes it a lot more fun coming into work and looking to next year, too. >> i think we have a little momentum and need to keep plugging in and keep getting better. especially this time of year, only three games left, keep getting better and better and good things happen. raiders knew they needed a win in kansas city, which makes their performance hard to understand. last four straight, 6 of the last 7. they needed to pull off their fifth straight win. raiders made it easy for them.

chiefs owned them. amari cooper hadn't practiced in two weeks, bad ankle and a concussion. gets rolled up, leaves the game. derek carr, two interceptions, first, hit. 16-0, kc at the half. 26-0. chiefs after three-quarters, raiders offense finally wakes up despite just 70 yards rushing. marshawn lynch busts loose for a score. carr goes off the top to cook, twine yards, we have an 11 point game. 46 seconds left, needing two scores. not his fault, off the hands. raiders dropping seven on the season, fifth straight loss in kansas city, playoff hopes dwindling. >> i thought we had a good week of prep. lack of execution in such a big

meaningful game disappointing to say the least. >> just can't happen. no easy way to go through this one. this one sucked. >> that pretty much sums it up. we will have more coming up. >> pretty astute analysis there, derek. >> it gets the point across for sure. >> much more to come on "abc7 news at 11." next, we get a look at the weather setting record across the country that makes us grateful for living in

good evening. >> in tonight's headlines, negotiates for the city of oakland and the larger of two striking unions have agreed to try to set the workers strike in mediation tomorrow with agreement from the state, after the mayor declared and impasse in negotiations friday. 3,000 city workers walked off the jobs to hit the picket lines for better pay and working conditions. arriving in las vegas this morning, a suspect, lin, is being held on $5 million in jail. all but one fire are 75% contain. the thomas fire is still burning out of control in ventura county

at nearly a quarter million acres in size. 2350 firefighters will be assigned after fighting other fires. in just two day, alabama will elect a senat senat senat t >> reporter: embattled republican senator candidate roy moore spoke out on sunday against the women who have accused him of actions ranging from inappropriate behavior to sexual assault when he was in his 30s and some of the women were in their teens. >> these allegations are completely false. i did not date under-age women. did not molest any one. >> reporter: his opponent in this race, democrat, doug jones, differs, saying sunday. >> just like senator shelby today, i believe those women. >> reporter: richard shelby is

alabama's senior u.s. senator, a republican. he has already cast his ballot, choosing a republican write-in candidate over moore. >> i'd rather see a republican win but i'd hope that republican would be a write-in. i couldn't vote for roy moore and didn't vote for roy moore. >> reporter: president trump backed roy moore with new robocalls. >> roy moore is the one to pass our make america great again agenda. >> reporter: saying in stark terms this week the special election is a referendum on the president. >> this is donald trump on trial in alabama. if the people of alabama vote for this liberal democrat, doug jones, they're voting against the president who they put in office at the highest level. >> reporter: alabama voters have not elected a democratic senator in 25 years. "abc news," new york. a number of celebrities say they will boycott siriusxm for

allowing steve bannon to appear on the subscription radio service. they say they will no longer being involved with sirius. bannon, the former chief strategist for president trump is said to host the breitbart news daily show on the radio service. the south is seeing record setti setting snowfalls and icy conditions setting records. what people are dealing with across the country. >> reporter: tonight, more than 100 million americans feeling the effects of this winter blast. lake-effect snow falling from indiana to new york. thundersnow startling west seneca, three miles south, this scene, the bills-colts game. snow falling 2 inches per hour so thick at times you could barely see the field. indiana drivers dealing with whiteout conditions, causing hundreds of crashes this

weekend. in connecticut, a jackknifed tractor-trailer and this car careening in an icy pant and swimming to safety through frigid waters. the usually mild south, almost 300,000 without power. >> there's trees popping all over. you never know when one will pop us. >> we want to get them warm and get electricity back on. >> reporter: one outside atlanta still dark and school will be closed monday. concern over the roads covered in slush. >> people out on the street need to be careful about the black ice coming out. >> reporter: "abc news," new york. >> you can get a look at wet weather the rest of the country is dealing with tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. today marked the first time you could buy and sell bitcoin

futures contracts. it started trading at $1,000 and now trading at $16,000 on the chicago board options exchange. many financial observers agree it is hard to tell how much it is worth around the world. >> they say you can't understand this and the only way is by adopt agnew way of thinking. it means it's impervious to normal fact-based financial analysis. >> bit cone trading overwhelmed the chicago trade site for a short time today. uber is appealing transport for london's september decision to strip the company of its private hire license. that move effectively banned uber from the capitol hill city coming one week ahead of whether uber should qualify as a tech or transport company which could bind it to strict local taxi

regulations. >> still ahead on abc7 ne"abc7 t 11," restaurant kitchens can be loud and chaotic places but not here. and we take you to a place where their silence is having an impact in our community and around the

the salvation army needs help to help keep a tradition going this year. they're short of bell ringers, especially in the east bay. they need to staff 32 kettles across alameda county and averaging only 10 volunteers to ring bells and donate money. >> without these funds it would be difficult for us to help everybody that comes to us for

christmas. these funds also support our ongoing programs during the year. >> volunteers usually spend four hours a day ringing bells outside stores. if you're interested, contact the salvation army in hayward. this weekend marks the sixth anniversary of a unique pizza restaurant in san francisco where they're creating special opportunities for our community. >> and the impact will soon be felt all over the country. >> reporter: we could be doing a delicious story about the pizza or customers that come in droves. what strikes you most about their mission is how well it functions in silence. >> here at the restaurant as well as the food truck, all of the people who work there are deaf. >> reporter: melaniestein and her husband opened it six years ago to show what the deaf community is capable of and make an impact. >> the unemployment rate is 70% and even those with a college

degree who graduated hoping to find a good job, they are not getting hired. who's willing to give them a chance? in terms of having the ability to communicate, workers who are able to support you and get a job is really important. >> reporter: now to a new opportunity thanks to the first ever fund grant for the service of the death or csv. >> currently they have 15 employees but because of the grant, it will multiply. >> it will allow us to have franchises all over the country. >> reporter: russ himself is a second generation deaf and knows the struggles. >> how to respond for customer service. there is no one. >> reporter: what's it like to ever run the first deaf only ony

franchise? >> we're very excited. >> the grant amount hasn't been disclosed or where they will be. but if you want to learn more head to abc7news.com. >> nice story. >> tremendous, i'm very impressed. >> also >> the numbers are falling pretty quickly. clear skies overhead. light wind, recipe for the coldest night. santa rosa, and rose a few degrees. still holding mild in the mid 60s thanks to an ocean breeze across the water. we're in the upper 20s, a chilly night there.

san jose, drops about 44 in san francisco. a cold start to your monday. really effective. warming us up quickly. 60s and 70s. 76 in san fracisco and 65 in oakland and santa rosa in that chilly start, we go up to 69 tomorrow afternoon. it's a spare the air day on your monday, thanks to smoke from the fires in southern california. a bright midweek but we're dry for the next seven days. >> that's a good golf forecast. >> somebody plays golf up here? >> i'm the only guy who likes the dry weather in december. for plays of the day on deck, the fan favorite. and the

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. abc7 sports, brought to you by river rock casino. >> sharks found themselves down 3-0 to the hurricanes and won in overtime. tonight, sharks found theirselves 3-0 to minnesota, could they complete the comeback again? two man advantage, bret burns one times it against a former teammate. sharks on the power play. a cannon. against his former team, 3-2 minnesota. and goes off a shoulder, % deposited into the empty net, 3-3, this game goes to overtime. this time, turns the puck over, beats martin jones, sharks get a point. wild will win it, 4-3.

time to seal the deal on your playoff bid. that said, the plays of the day. we start with this scene at buffalo. bills hosting during a snowstorm. mccoy, 32 carries, 156 yard play with this touchdown run and busts out a snow angel, bills went 13-7. chargers software a two way tie with chiefs. chargers broncos snapped their losing streak, shut out jets, 24-0. nice job to locate the ball haul it in, jets winning five on the road. seahawks and jags, nice game but all anyone can talk about is the end. starts a mini fight. another one on the next play. two seahawks players were

ejected, including clinton jefferson who confronted a fan when going to the locker room and a beer was dropped on him. >> i'm playing game and at the end of the day, i'm a man and won't let anybody disrespect that. >> wins with this touchdown in overtime. 27-17. rodgers back next week. cam newton helps to beat the vikings, steps away to throw it 18 yards to devin funchess, worth another look. panthers improve to 9-4 and tied for the lead in the nfc south, vikings drop to 10-3. a strong division, the great catch for the first

down and sets up the 46-yarder for the win. lions, now sixth. eli manning got benched and came to a standing o from the fans. in the fourth quarter, smith icing it with an 81 yard touchdown pass from dak prescott. here's eli on his comeback. >> appreciate all their support these past weeks. sorry we couldn't get them a better game today. eagles clench the nfc east. it came at a cost. quarterback carson wentz has torn his acl on that run, called back for holding. he stayed in. alshon jeffrey with a great catch. and steelers clench the afc with a wild win over ravens. ben roethlisberger 506 yards, two tds, running back le'veon

bell had 25 all purpose yards and three touchdowns. one week after the women of stanford won the championship, men looking to do the same. steals and scores to win it. stanford wins 1-0, becoming the second team ever to win three straight national championships. the sports report brought to you by river rock casino. warriors plays portland, 9 of 10 games at home including lebron. steph plans to be back christmas day but i'd rather see him stay out just to be safe. >> and get healthy. >> nobody talking about this? >> doing urandy chastain imitation. >> -- doing your

imitation. >> you can think what you want. >> all right. >> that's it for us for tonight. >> i'm aaron thomas who thinks what he wants to think. thank you so much ♪ think of your fellow man, ♪ lend him a helping hand,

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joining us now, the reporter who broke this story-- vanessa chandler of the "post's" styles section. vanessa, we have a name now. (phones ringing) former white house communications director olivia pope. how sure are you that she's the woman who had an alleged affair with president grant? it's just one source, but it's a good source-- a source in a position to know the true identity of the president's mistress. (clicks) and, well, you know how this works. it's just a matter of time before others come out of the woodwork and more details emerge.